Some bin collection dates have been changed due to the festive period
It’s that time of year when the days blur into one, the return to work after the Christmas period looms, and our bins are more than likely overflowing after the festivities.
With both Christmas and New Year’s falling mid-week this year, some bin collection dates across Northern Ireland have been altered, with some being collected earlier, and others a day or two later than normal.
We have pulled together a list of bin collection arrangements for this week, across each of the council areas in Northern Ireland – so no excuses!
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Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Bins and wheelie boxes due to be collected on Tuesday, December 30 and Wednesday, December 31 will be collected as normal.
For bins due to be collected on Thursday, January 1 (New Year’s Day), these will instead be collected on Saturday, January 3. Those due for collection on Friday, January 2 will be collected as normal.
The council is reminding residents to leave their bins out by 7am on the morning of their collection.
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Bin collections due on Tuesday, December 30 and Wednesday, December 31 will be collected as normal. If your collection is due on Thursday, January 1, bins will be collected Friday, January 2 instead.
You can check your collection days in the Binovation app.
The council is reminding residents to bring bins back in as soon as you can after collection. Please do not leave bins/containers sitting out on pavements where they create an obstruction and are a potential hazard to people and property.
Armagh City, Banbridge, and Craigavon Borough Council
Bins due for collection on Thursday, January 1 will be collected on Saturday, January 3.
Belfast City Council
Black, brown, blue bins, wheelie boxes and purple box glass:
- New Year’s Day bins will be collected on Saturday, January 3
If your bin does not get collected on the rescheduled date, please leave it out again for collection the following day.
Bryson Recycling boxes and food waste:
- New Year’s Day boxes will be collected on Saturday, January 3
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Collections due on Thursday, January 1 will instead take place on Saturday, January 3. An exemption to this is collections in the legacy Limavady area, which will take place on Friday, January 2.
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Bins due to be collected on Thursday, January 1 will now be on Saturday, January 3.
Be sure to have your bin kerbside by 7am so as not to miss your collection date.
And remember download the Derry Strabane Recycling App to make sure you never miss a bin day. Search Derry Strabane Recycling
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Bin collections will operate as normal on Thursday, January 1.
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
General waste bin collections due on Thursday, January 1, will now be collected on Wednesday, December 31.
Recycling bin collections due on Thursday, January 1 will instead be collected on Friday, January 2.
There will be no brown bin collections between Monday, December 22 and Sunday, January 4 to accommodate the alternative Christmas and New Year general waste and recycling bin collections.
Kerbie and wheelie box collections due on Thursday, January 1 will be collected on Saturday, January 3 instead.
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Bins due to be collected in the Ballymena and Carrickfergus areas on Thursday, January 1 will be collected on Saturday, January 3.
In the Larne area, bins due to be collected on Thursday, January 1 will instead be collected on Monday, January 5.
Mid Ulster District Council
There will be no bin collections on New Year’s Day, Thursday 1 January 2026. Bins due to be collected on this day will instead be collected on Saturday 3 January 2026.
Remember to leave bins at the kerb by 7.30am.
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
In the Newry/Ballyward areas, bins due to be collected on Thursday, January 1 will be collected on Saturday, January 3.
In the Down area, bins due to be collected on Thursday, January 1 will be collected on Monday, January 5.
Click here to enter your postcode to view bin collection dates for your area.
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